Midsummer Thoughts on the Olympic Front Runners

Which of your ToP Five will be the new Olympians that you will be sitting up and biting your finger nails. At least at this point in time. It may well change of the GPs. List is in no particular order, but you can add an asterisk if you want to predict a winner.

[QUOTE=Joesitz;403561]Which of your ToP Five will be the new Olympians that you will be sitting up and biting your finger nails. At least at this point in time. It may well change of the GPs. List is in no particular order, but you can add an asterisk if you want to predict a winner.

I dunno. My current plan is to never watch the olympics again. In terms of current skating I don't like the current judging system or the kind of skating it rewards (and I like what it punishes) and I've _loathed_ the olympics for about .... 15(?) years now? A meaningless fossil of a media event that has long outlived its usefulness.

My one and only concern is this: I hope nobody who wins the ogm uses the olympics as a springboard into a non-skating future. Whoever wins that particular overhyped competition (which usually doesn't even have very good skating) I just hope they stay in the public eye skating for a long time (to build up the crucial non-olympic-centered fan base). Beyond that I have a hard time caring.

It's interesting to see the guarantees and comments. I didn't want to start a new thread for it, and this seemed as good a place as any.

Wow, this is the first I knew that slutskayafan was banned. Shoot. I really enjoyed his posts. He can't be posting under a new identity because that intense, wildly opinionated personality of his cannot be faked or tamed. I've been missing him.

Back on track, a goodly number of his predictions seem on target to me. Not 4, 8, or 9 though and I hope not 7.

wow who ever wrote back 4 years ago was almost right in all(did you ban him/her only or his crystal ball also?, cause it seems the only one working, we need it here )
I laughed with all that really predict right, especially with evan and yuna (joe i saw your post about caroline ) but ..lambiel

She should run for governor. We've got a useless governor here in CA. She'd at least find a way to pass the budget, I'm sure...

Michelle seems destined for a career in the state department. How about her someday becoming our ambassador to China? Then maybe secretary of state.
But I think she does seem to have a natural and inherent saviness about her. Maybe a political career might be better suited to her talents. Govenor Kwan, Senator Kwan, why not President Kwan

1. Russia will win no golds in figure skating the next 4 years if Plushenko retires.

2. Lambiel will not win the next Olympic Gold whether Plushenko retires or not.

3. Belbin/Agosto will not win the next Olympic Gold.

4. The U.S will not win a medal of any color in mens at the next Olympics.

5. Canada will win atleast 2 medals at the next Olympics.

6. Kwan and Slutskaya will not be at the next Olympics.

7. If Cohen is at the next Olympics she will not medal.

8. Zhang/Zhang will be the next Olympic Champions.

9. Pang/Tong will retire before the next Olympics.

10. Sandhu will never win a World medal, and will retire before the next Olympics.

Let's see how he did so far.

1.) Almost. The only gold was in Ice Dance at the 2008 worlds...and if things were fair, they would not even have had that.
2.) True. Lambiel retired.
3.)Likely...but there is still hope.
4.)Also Likely, but anything can and will happen.
5.)Good chance. Very good chance.
6.)Right on.....but then there was that announcement earlier....
7.) Please no!
8.):\ hope not.
9.) no announcement yet.
10.) 100% right here.